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man had planned to carry out that attack, ken? >> reporter: yeah, that is right, this 42-year-old affidavit says that 26-year-old rezwan ferdaus, a man from massachusetts, planned to launch several remote control airplanes from this spot here at the east potomac park, packed with explosives. the pan was to hit the pentagon and the capitol. >> reporter: this was the plan, he was going to destroy the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. he is a physics graduate, and planned the attack last year. one source says the details of the affidavit show he was committed to the plan. >> this guy was very serious, very well educated. self radicalized lone wolf. >> reporter: undercover investigators who acted as though they were al-qaeda said he planned to carry out the

attacks with these planes, using c-4 explosives, slamming them into the pentagon and capitol. rezwan ferdaus said he wanted to cut off the u.s. government's military center, and severely hurt the head and heart of the snake. >> no question he was going to do it. and luckily, you know it was an undercover operation. >> reporter: the plan, although terrible, may have been flawed. the experts say it would have taken a much larger plane than rezwan ferdaus planned to use to carry out that damage. >> there was not enough to carry out the risk. >> reporter: others disagree. >> they can carry explosives, even of more concern would be carrying small amounts of chemical or biological material that could cause a great deal of damage. >> reporter: in this affidavit, the weapons the 26-year-old was able to get his hands on were provided by the undercover

agents, who the man believed were al-qaeda operatives. and new at 11:00, the fairfax man finds himself on the other side of the jail cell, officer brian sonnenberg was taken into custody for assault last friday, the officers were responding to the 1,200 block in bristow for a domestic disturbance daniel. they arrested him after he got into an argument. sonnenburg was assigned to the mason district station in annondale. and a man who survived a year in afghanistan is now dead after an assault on friday at the dupont mcdonalds. >> the parents said he was studying his calling, international studies. the parents fear the suspects won't be caught if they don't get the word out. >> how do you survive a year in afghanistan, and come back? >> reporter: the fears of

getting a call in the middle of the night may have eased for gail and paul casey, but the calls still came. >> he saved lives in afghanistan by evacuating some fellow soldiers from stryker vehicles that were hit by ied's. and to survive all that, and be out on a thursday night and have something like that happen is just very tragic. >> reporter: a tragedy for their first born son, patrick, that starts and ends with an hour span, early friday morning at this mcdonalds', after a night of clubbing. >> the men were already bothering some other customers, pushed pat's friend several times. and pat stepped in between. >> reporter: the police lists how four witnesses saw the suspects push casey against mcdonalds, one of them punched him to the cement. he was unconscious, and the three suspects fled. >> the friends say he came in, he was happy, joking, never saw

the punch coming. and he was knocked cold right away. >> reporter: and never woke up. five days of a coma later, and now the caseys are planning a funeral. >> we spent the day yesterday, that it was all at the hospital. after that we met with the homicide detectives, and then we met later that day with a person for organ donation. i mean no parents should have to spend a day like that. >> reporter: that has them talking about an unsolved homicide case, while gaining strength from kind words, gaining strength from those who loved pat. >> it is amazing how many people in an area -- it -- they came from all over the country. this is -- somehow we'll get through this. it has not been a good day. >> very tough day.

that was brittany morehouse reporting. and carmela de la rosa, the woman accused of throwing her two-year-old granddaughter to her death. the mother, cat ogdac, took the stand today, reliving that day. de la rosa sat stone faced, showing no emotion. prosecutors say that de la rosa killed angelyn for hatred of her son-in-law. defense argues that the woman was legally insane when she killed her granddaughter. and three montgomery county children came home to find their mom unconscious. gloria henton had a history of seizures, and the children put their skills to working but in the end it was not enough to

save her. >> i started to call 911, tried to do cpr on her. >> i look at all three trying to be heros, coming home and being strong in a tough situation. i'm very proud,. henton will be buried tomorrow. her family wanted others to learn cpr, adults and kids alike. and a suit regarding a deadly crash from a couple of years ago. nine people died back then when a red line train slammed into another train, stopped on the tracks, metro says it now has lost 6 million trips because of that incident. and is suing lexington insurance for 13 million to cover the lost revenue. and one fire, two fire, six fires, felony. tonight, frederick police

arrested this man, jason fauble, and police believe he is behind six other fires as well. across the city since march. police say that surveillance video from the wal-mart helped lead them to jason fauble. and meanwhile, good news, some surprising crime statistics out of prince george's county today. and turns out the crime rate has gone down during the first months of the year, in part after they targeted 67 repeat offenders in five specific neighborhoods for very careful monitoring. crime dropped nearly 23% in two of the neighborhoods, violent crime down 12% countywide and down 9% overall. now to los angeles, the first full day of testimony in the trial of conrad myring murray. taking the stand, jackson's personal assistant who testified on the day of the

singer's death, dr. conrad murray called him regarding a bad reaction. >> were you asked to call 911? >> no sir. >> murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say he gave jackson a powerful drug to help the singer fall to sleep, but it ended up killing him. the defense said that jackson caused his own death by taking more of the drug while dr. conrad murray was in the bathroom. and meanwhile, governor chris christie is out visiting california, louisiana, he says no matter what it looks like he is only out raising money for the g.o.p. however, some republican voters want a lot more from him as many are not sold on the current g.o.p. presidential candidates. >> we need you, your country need needs you. >> that heart felt message you gave me also is not a reason for me to do it.

that reason has to reside in me. >> several of the candidates who are already in the race say they would welcome christie as a fellow runner, meanwhile, the announcements are five months away. that is not a lot of time for any of the candidates to put together a presidential campaign. and new tonight, a decision may have been made on the historic lincoln theater, but we won't know what it is until topic. tonight, the board of directors met to talk about it and will announce the plans in an afternoon conference. that theater is almost all out of money, and unless they borrow money from somebody, they will close their doors. they have a long history of washington's cultural life. and tonight, amazing video from repairs being made at the washington monument. take a look. it looks like this from the climber's point of view.

wow, more than 500 feet off the ground. today all four crew members were out on the ropes, looking for quake damage. they are part of an elite group called the difficult access team with a unique combination of skills in both climbing and engineering. one of them is 33-year-old eric sone from fairfax. and his family drove in from pennsylvania to watch him do his thing. >> a proud moment, there is a lot of historical significance as well, this is great for our family, so i'm excited to be here. >> if you're down on the national mall you can see the climbers in the next few days. they will rappel stone by stone, looking for breakage caused by the august quake. >> no guys, i'm up here, up here, doing a little inspection on the monument. it does have cracks and mortar missing, but nothing that a little caulking and tape can't

fix. all right, this is in bad shape. all right, tomorrow, grab the umbrella, mostly showers in the morning, temperatures in the 60s, 70s, and you could hear thunder with the showers, all right, i'll get down quickly. i'll meet you in the studio for the full forecast, we'll have more on that in just a bit. still ahead tonight, little is known of their mission or their existence until now. women undercover during world war ii. >> the story of two secret agents whose paths never crossed until retirement. that is coming up . and how about the hikers, no communications for two years, they got a couple of e- mails from anthony wiener

. in their 20s, they fought germans, japanese and prejudice against women in the new american intelligence service. >> but in their 80s and 90s, the fight is with heart failure and with reporters who want them to spill the beans about their secret code work in the c.i.a. now we learned more from the sky girls. >> reporter: at 19, doris borer was tough, and pretty. at 88, she still is. >> i felt like it was my war

too. all the guys were going to get shot up and everything. i wanted to do that. >> reporter: at 25, betty mcintosh was pretty, and pretty tough. >> you crawl through the sand, you're approaching the enemy. >> reporter: at 96, she still is. >> if i had a gun, maybe i would have shot him. >> reporter: they both worked for the spying services in the c.i.a., and cold war that followed, but didn't meet until retirement in woodbridge. >> we compared we did. it was not bragging. >> i went to first africa and italy. >> reporter: an expert in air surveillance video, targeting and damage assessment after a bombing raid. >> what they hit, what they didn't hit, did we hit the bridge today, we followed every train. >> reporter: to concentration camps. >> we knew that trains were going into these places but didn't know just what they were

doing there. >> reporter: betty was in hawaii on december 7th. >> the ships just turned over upside down, all of those men were in there. >> reporter: ones later, undercover, she slipped a piece of paper to a man getting on a boat. >> this piece of coal had the dynamite in it. >> reporter: in birma. >> the japanese would never surrender. >> reporter: so a japanese spy was renewed, and she worked in that element as well. >> a lot of them surrendered. >> reporter: and some of the women wearing ammunition and grenade, inspired her to get even with people. she took a fake grenade and pulled the pin. >> and sat it down in front of them, and they went out the windows and doors. and i sat there laughing my head off. >> reporter: they both ended up in the c.i.a. but that is about all you will

get. >> what do you do for -- did you do for them? >> i am afraid we can't talk about it. >> reporter: the 96-year-old woman still flies the flag that inspired the girl she still is. >> i am so proud of it. i just wanted to be there. it is for everybody that i have known, worked with, loved and -- it is part of my life. >> reporter: the oss society journal is a pretty slick publication, rich in con at content. betty was the editor until she retired. she has been an author as well. and doris did ground breaking work discovering that germany had jet airplanes in world war ii. got the pictures to prove prove it. that is what they can talk about it. >> oh man a couple of great ladies, thank you so much guys. and president obama has

been called a lot of names in his day, including tar baby and dead monkey. well tonight a man in new orleans called him a cry baby, he has the pictures to go with it. tim riley put this picture up, people are protesting, they want him to take it down. >> wouldn't do that to bush, i'm sure. this is insulting. it is insulting. and we need him to take it down. >> this is nothing but pure racism, this is a total disgrace. >> it is fine, it is on his property, a free country. >> free speech and all that, well, the former mayor talked to the owner about the signs, but as you can see they're still there. >> well, when people sneeze, some people say bless you, polite? right, well not according to a teacher, he says all the bless yous are disrupting the class, and he says it doesn't make

sense in modern days. he is cracking down, this week he is docking their grades for saying bless you. >> in the old days they thought you were sending evil spirits outside of your body. so they said god bless you for getting rid of those. but today i said it doesn't make any sense. >> everybody has a right to their own beliefs. but they don't have the right to impose the beliefs on school children. >> the school agreed, he can talk to the students for saying bless you too much, but certainly can't punish them. good to see you down from your adventure in one piece. >> well, safety first, hard hat on and the glasses, it was amazing. >> well it was an amazing view -- >> the washington monument in case you missed it. >> yeah, all right, well we're looking a the more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. but then dry air comes in, and then you know what? the coldest air of the season.

could we see a flake of the mountains? already, let's start with the satellite picture and the radar combined. these showers rolled through about 7:30 and 9:00. they were pretty heavy, produced flood warnings, around fairfax, alexander, also prince george's county. the storms now are moving north of baltimore. and for the time being, nothing back to the southwest of us. we catch our breath, at least overnight. showers possible on thursday, best chance in the morning. and we're looking at friday, best in week. no doubt about it. especially this week. and much colder, yes, i picked the word colder instead of cooler. it will be chilly saturday and sunday. you're out watching the kids play little league gamings games or going to the terps game, stay warm. all right, 6:00 in the morning, clouds, northwest of us, some of us will have a dry commute.

by noon, bringing the showers to lunch. winchester, back to culpeper. and we'll see sunshine, drier air moves in. we do turn our attention back to the west, clouds come back at us on friday, more showers possible back in the mountains on friday, and that is the leading edge of the coldest air of the season. so overnight, mostly cloudy, comfortable, patchy fog, low temperatures in the 60s, winds south-southeast at 5-10, now tomorrow morning, variable clouds, showers and thunderstorms possible. 60s and 70s, breaks in the clouds, much like today. and in the afternoon, breaks in the clouds, showers still possible, especially early afternoon. warm though, highs in the upper 70s, winds westerly at about 10, 77 in frederick, 78 or 9 downtown. and upper 70s down towards fredericksburg. so we'll break it down for you,

65-70 to start, possible showers, 70s by noon, maybe a shower's 75-9 by 5:00, a slight chance of sprinkles, all right next seven-day forecast, friday, 75, mostly cloudy on saturday, showers, windy, 60 may be kind. it may not get out of the 50s' quite frankly, more sunshine, temperatures at 60, and then getting the benefits here, gorgeous monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday next week. >> nice. >> you know it is the kind of thing that almost makes you wish the season was longer. >> strasburg, just getting ready for next year, i think between him and bryce harper, it will be something to watch. the comeback is complete. we'll get a taste of what is in store for next year, and it is good. plus, the al wild card coming down to the final night, and wild is the under statement. plus, hall, making nice after monday's incident . wanted to exercise, out of

the question

. don't think of it as the last game of this year, think of it as the first game of next year. that is what these last two months have been all about for steven strasburg, next year. and if the kid pitches as well next year as this, it will be

fun next year. in florida today, strasburg almost untouchable. six innings of shutout ball, just one hit, 10 k's, including five in a row at one point, and seven out of eight, fastball hit 100 on the gun, he leaves for the off season just where we want him. as for the offense, this was enough. desmond, base knock, and they finish the year 80 and 81, pretty darn good. meanwhile, the o's trying to spoil the al wild card, boston and tampa tied with a game to go, dustin pedroia says i got this. sox lead right now, 3-2, in the 8th after a rain delay. so if that holds, the rays have to beat the yankees, tampa trailing 7-0 in the 8th. but they came back. this is bottom of the 9th. don johnson, solo shot to tie at 7th. the yankees are incapable of doing the red sox a favor.

boston fans tight as a drum right now. they're tied at 7 in the 11th. and football, deangelo hall did what cornerbacks did all the time, back pedaling, but not in the locker room, but after his comments after the game on monday, hall verbally unloaded on his defensive coordinator, blaming hazlett, for calling the blitz, instead of doing what he should have done, blamed himself for getting burned. today, the remorse and damage control. >> i was extremely frustrated. that doesn't excuse what i said, after sitting down and talking to him i definitely understood where he was coming from. >> caps preseason continuing in nashville. this is a good way for the defensemen not to make the team. falling here, peroux, unfortunately this was the only game for the caps who fell 3-1,

they are now 1, 3, and 1 in the game that don't count. and here, jethro, swan diving into that thing. let's freeze it. take a guess, will he make it into the center of that thing? >> no, there is no chance it will work out. >> well, you're totally wrong. fourth row. >> and the board broke, and he should have done one instead of five. he was a little ambitious. >> you need to maybe -- >> if you're breaking boards you may be jethro çñ

. we're going home. >> letterman is not, he is up next. good night